Combined necktie and collar fastener.



I A. SMITH. COMBINED NECKTIE AN COLLAR FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED IAN\ I8. ISI?.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

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'COMBINED NECKTIE .AND COLLAR FASTENER.

,To all 'whom it may concern .5

Be it known that I, J AMORY SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ellsworth, in the county of Ellsworth and State of Kansas, have invented a certain `new and useful Improvement in Combined Necktie and Collar Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

invention relates to improvements in combined necktie and collar fasteners.

The object of my invention isto provide a novel necktie and collar fastener which is cheap to manufacture, attractive in appearance, which may be substituted for the usual collar button used to attach a collar to the rear portion of the collar band of a shirt, which may be easily attached to the colla-r and to the shirt, which is adapted to receive the necktie and to permit of its being easily andslid longitudinally to a desired position, which will permit of the ready attachment or detachment of the collar.

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates the preferred embodiment of my invention,

.Figure 1 is a perspective view, enlarged,

of my improved necktie and` collar fastener. Y

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the same, shown yattached to a shirt and collar, portions only of the shirt and collar being shown.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged edge elevation of my improved fastener.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged rear elevation of the same.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the different views.

My improved fastener is preferably made of sheet metal bent at right angles to its thickness into a U-shaped portion, one of the arms, 1, of which is adapted to be inserted under the rear portion 2 of the collar band of a shirt 3, Fig. 2. The other arm 4 of said U-shaped portion is connected by a transverse portion 5 to the adjacent arm 6 of an inverted U-shaped portion having a rear downwardly extending arm 7. The inverted U-shaped portion 6-7 is adapted to be mounted between the folds of an ordinary turn-down collar 8, as shown in Fig. 2, and is also adapted to receive between its arms a necktie 9 which may be longitudinally slid between said arms to any desired position.

i` Specification of Letters Patent.

The transverse portion 5V is adapted to be Patented Apr. 8j, 1919. l Application tiled January 18, 1917. ASerial No. 143,041. i r f A extendedy through therear button-hole 1 0 of i the collar 8.

Thearm 6 is opposite sides respectively of the'transverse f portion 5 with two projections 1l which extend below the portion 5 and are also adapted to extend below the button-hole 10, for the purpose of more securely holding the fastener securely attached to the collar 8 provided, I preferably, 'at'.

to which the fastener is ordinarily securedv n; when the collar is 1n use and when it has" e been laid aside for the night. Y. H the fastener to a collar, the

In applying U-shaped portion 1-4 is inserted from the rear side through the button-hole 10 by rst slipping the arm e 1 thereof kupwardly through the button-hole 10, and then forcing the arm 4 downwardly through the button-hole until the projections llare disposed below the button-hole, as shown in Fig. 2. The tie 9 may then be extended between the arms 6 and 7 and the arm 1 then slipped under the collar band 2 of the shirt, as shown in Fig. 2. rlhe ends of the collar 8 may then be attached in the usual manner to the front collar button. The tie 9 may now be drawn longitudinally to any desired position. As shown in the drawing, the arm 7 of the below the lower ends of the projections 11 and is parallel with the arm 6. By having the arm 7 extending below the lower ends of the projections 11, the tie may be easily slipped upwardly into position between the arms without liability of catching on the ends of the arms, although the latter are close together and parallel with each other. By having the arms 6 close together and parallel, bulging of the collar is avoided and the tie is held from slipping down wardly.

When the collar 8 is removed from the shirt after the ends have been unbuttoned, it is but necessary to slip the arm 1 downwardly out of connection with the collar band 2. The fastener will then be securely retained in, the rear button hole of the col- .lar until it is desirable to remove it for the purpose of having the collar laundried. By having the two projections 11 at opposite sides respectively of the transverse portion 5, the fastener is not liable to lateral tipping when the tie is drawn lengthwise between the arms 6 and 7.

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, as modications within the scope of the appendedeclaims, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is zl. -A combined necktie .and collar fastener.

comprisingtwo U-shaped portions, one of which is inverted, one of the arms=offthe in-v vertedportion being bifurcated, one of the arms 'of the other U-shaped: portion having a transvcrseportion connected tofsaid bifur' cated arm between and at the upper ends of said'V bifurcations..

2. combined necktie' and vcollar fastener comprising` two"Ul-shapedj portions;` one of which' is inverte`d,`-the"arms of each portion beingI parallel* witheach other,` "one 'of' the arms of the "tinvcrted portion beingy bifur-w cated; the other arm of. the inverted ,portion extending belowthelower'end's of said'bi- Copies of this patent-maybe obtaineda forvecents each; by

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" end) off said proj ection,

1 transverse #portion 'connected-1f to Ithefarm having;saidy projection' at. the `upper 'end foff3r5 furcations5 and one of the arms of the other U-shapedeportion havingfla; transverse porverted` Aportionextending be1ow"'the lower c saidprojection'.

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